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 CONYNGHAM 411 3 Apr. 1 78 I, and was bur. in the church at Slane, when the Earldom and Viscountcy, as also the Barony of 1753 became extinct .{^') Will pr. Apr. 1 78 1 . His widow, who inherited the estate of Hughenden, Bucks, d. 1 5 June 18 16, aged 91, in Lower Grosvenor Str., and was bur. at Hughenden afsd. M.I. Will pr. July 1 8 16. II. 1 78 1. 2. Francis Pierpoint (Burton, afterwards Conyng- ham), Baron Conyngham of Mount Charles [L], h., according to the spec. rem. in the creation (Jan. 1781) ot that Barony. He was nephew and h. of the last PeerjC") being s. and h. of the Rt. Hon. Francis Burton, of Buncraggy, co. Clare, by Mary, only surv. da. of Major Gen. Henry Conyngham, and sister of Earl Conyngham abovenamed. He was M.P. for Killybegs, 1753-60; and for co. Clare, 1761-76. By Royal lie, 3 May 1 78 1, he took the surname of Conyngham, in lieu of that ot Burton^if) and was introduced into the House and took his seat 29 Apr. 1782. He w., 19 Mar. 1750, Elizabeth, sister of Robert, ist Earl of Leitrim [L], da. of the Rt. Hon. Nathaniel Clements, by Hannah, da. of the Rev. William Gore, Dean of Down. He d. 22 May 1787, at the Hot Wells, Bristol. His widow, who was b. 18 Aug. 1731, ^. 31 Oct. 18 14, at Rams- gate, Kent, in her 84th year. Will pr. Nov. 18 14. III. 1787. 3 and I. Henry (Conyngham), Baron Conyng- ham OF Mount Charles [I.], s. and h., b. 26 Dec. VISCOUNTCY [I.] 1766, in London. C') F.S.A. i May 1789. He served in the army; Major Gen. 1808; Lieut. Gen. ^^- ^789- 1812; Gen. 1830. On 6 Dec. 1789 (=) he was cr. VISCOUNT CONYNGHAM OF MOUNT EARLDOM [I.] CHARLES, co. Donegal [I.], and, on 27 Dec. TT ,_-_ 1797, VISCOUNT MOUNT CHARLES and ■ '^'' EARL CONYNGHAM [I.]. Rep. Peer [I.] MARQUESSATE [I.] 'l°l'^^ ^^^"f Z T°/-'^' °,^'li"'lf ^ "^"T"t '- -' at the time ot the Union; K..r., 22 Jan. 1801; I. 1 8 16. G.C.H., 1 821; a Gov. of CO. Donegal 1803-31; Custos Rot. CO. Clare 1808 till his death. On (') He appears in 1774, " Lord C . . gh . m and Miss F . . . r," in the notorious tete-a-tete portraits in Town and Country Mag., vol. vi, p. 519. See Appendix B in the last volume of this work. (*>) His Arms, Crest and Supporters were the same as those of his uncle the 1st Earl, but without the Williams quartering. V.G. (") At the same date his only br., the Rt. Hon. William Burton, received a similar licence, he having inherited the estates in co. Donegal, as also Slane Castle, ^c, CO. Meath, from Lord Conyngham, who devised those in co. Limerick and in England to his successor in the peerage. This William d. unm., 31 May 1796, aged 63, when the late Earl's estates became again reunited with the Peerage. {^) Twin with his br., the Hon. Sir Francis Nathaniel Burton Conyngham, G.C.H., Lieut. Gov. of Lower Canada 1808-25, who d. 27 Jan. 1832. (') See note " b " on preceding page. See note sub Charles, Earl Cadogan [1800].